December 8, 2006 at 17:37Ru-Center: “Domain SU will remain”
An accredited domain registrar, Ru-Center, considers ICANN’s initiative to make the removal of legacy domains "quite robust." According to Andrei Vorobyov, head of the public relations department at Ru-Center, the registrar is positive about the idea of defining the criteria for the outdated domain zone.
At the same time, it was noted: “We believe that it is wrong to delete a domain just because there is no longer such a country. We must look at the development of the domain. We talked about this with ICANN President Paul Tumi, when in September this year he flew to Moscow, he agreed with our position. We are sure that the SU domain will remain. ”
There are over 8 thousand registered domains in SU, and 6.3 thousand of them are actually used. “Many brands opened their online representative offices in the SU zone, not having the opportunity to register their domains in RU or other zones,” says Vorobyov. - Many world-famous brands have conducted or are carrying out expensive advertising campaigns indicating the addresses of their sites with the ending .su. For such companies, the closure of the SU domain is a serious financial loss. ”
To the question of “Habrahabr” about the growth rate of the SU zone, the registrar’s representative answered that they are quite comparable with the growth rate of the RU - the same almost 50% per year. Last month, according to a source, over 300 new domains were registered in SU.
There are over 8 thousand registered domains in SU, and 6.3 thousand of them are actually used. “Many brands opened their online representative offices in the SU zone, not having the opportunity to register their domains in RU or other zones,” says Vorobyov. - Many world-famous brands have conducted or are carrying out expensive advertising campaigns indicating the addresses of their sites with the ending .su. For such companies, the closure of the SU domain is a serious financial loss. ”
To the question of “Habrahabr” about the growth rate of the SU zone, the registrar’s representative answered that they are quite comparable with the growth rate of the RU - the same almost 50% per year. Last month, according to a source, over 300 new domains were registered in SU.